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00:00This is the story of one of the best-known
00:28of all the saints, Patrick.
00:31His story is a mixture of fact and legend,
00:34as it is with so many other saints.
00:37The man who brought the Christian faith
00:40to the land of Ibernia, now known as Ireland,
00:43came from across the channel in Roman Britain.
00:47He was a Roman citizen during the period when the empire was
00:51close to its ragged end.
00:58His name was Patrick.
01:16He was born into the Christian faith.
01:19He was a young man who did not know the true God, and he had no idea
01:25about salvation.
01:28Well, if I'm causing any trouble...
01:32Get help.
01:35Stand behind me.
01:36You can keep your old hikes.
01:37We're here for your star chest.
01:39I think I don't want to take you...
01:41No!
01:42No!
01:43No!
01:44No!
01:45No!
01:46No!
01:48No!
01:49No!
01:50No!
01:51No!
01:52No!
01:53No!
01:54No!
01:55No!
01:56No!
01:57No!
01:58No!
01:59No!
02:00No!
02:01They were the Gaels, the pagan inhabitants of Hibernia.
02:17The Romans never conquered them, and they considered the Gaels barbarians.
02:22Not a bad day's work.
02:34Off the bull.
02:38The Romans never conquered them, and they considered the Gaels barbarians.
02:53They were the Gaels barbarians, and they were the Gaels barbarians.
03:00They were the Gaels barbarians.
03:06Get moving.
03:13Who will rescue us?
03:20You're citizens of the Empire.
03:22What Empire?
03:25No one's coming to rescue us.
03:28This is our life now.
03:31What's left of it.
03:36Follow me.
03:43Follow me.
03:44Follow me.
03:46Follow me.
03:50...
03:59...
04:07Sit down.
04:37Not you.
04:50He's hungry.
04:51Why are you punishing him?
04:54Sit down.
05:07Sit down.
05:11Sit down.
05:17Sit down.
05:53I am Milhu, but you will call me master.
06:06I am glad that you are here, for you are young, you are strong.
06:11For the next weeks, you will sleep in the hut beyond.
06:16You will do as I tell you to do.
06:19And if I say sit, sit.
06:23Do I have protection as a citizen of Rome?
06:40And what kind of protection do you wish for, oh citizen of Rome?
06:52Is it for yourself, or for your fellow Roman citizens?
06:56Or are you thinking that your head might stand on the highest pike?
07:08That will be my decision when the time comes.
07:11Or are you thinking that Roman soldiers might come and rescue you?
07:18Well, the answer is no.
07:22You will speak what I tell you to speak.
07:24You will shepherd one of my flocks.
07:30You will shear the sheep in spring.
07:34These will be your principal tasks as a shepherd.
07:37You will be allowed to kill one sheep each season to feed yourself.
07:43Just one.
07:43If I find that you have stolen from me, you will be sacrificed to Aron, the god of the underworld.
07:55Do you understand me?
07:59Now, sit.
08:02Now, sit.
08:32You, come on.
09:02What are you doing?
09:21Taking your sheep for the first season.
09:25But why?
09:31Because I can.
09:34But what am I going to eat?
09:40Eat the dried meat.
09:41There.
09:42That's where you take the sheep.
09:52I'm going to eat the dried meat.
10:01I'm going to eat the dried meat.
10:05I'm going to eat the dried meat.
10:14I'm going to eat the dried meat.
10:18I'm going to eat the dried meat.
10:27I'm going to eat the dried meat.
10:31I'm going to eat the dried meat.
10:44I'm going to eat the dried meat.
10:50I'm going to eat the dried meat.
11:06Patrick came to believe that the ordeal of being abducted into slavery was a punishment
11:13for turning away from God.
11:26I'm going to eat the dried meat.
11:39I'm going to eat the dried meat.
11:45I'm going to eat the dried meat.
11:59I'm going to eat the dried meat.
12:05I'm going to eat the dried meat.
12:32I'm going to eat the dried meat.
12:51I'm going to eat the dried meat.
13:10I'm going to eat the dried meat.
13:18Let's go.
13:48Let's go.
14:18I don't know.
14:48Months after he arrived in Hibernia, the love of God increased within him, his sense of awe before God. His spirit was moved, and he started to pray, day and night.
15:18He started to pray, day and night.
15:48Day and night.
15:50Day and night.
16:54As time went by, the hunger in Hibernia grew worse, and Patrick had to make a choice.
17:09I offer you this sheep.
17:23We have thanks to you.
17:35May joy rise up to greet you at every dawn.
18:10Boy, what are you doing?
18:19I've come for the sheep.
18:22Gather them up and load them into the cart.
18:28Car!
18:32What's your Christ to me?
18:35Ah!
18:36Ah!
18:37Ah!
18:38Ah!
18:39Ah!
18:40Oh!
18:41Ah!
18:42Ah!
18:43Ah!
18:44Oh, my God.
19:14Oh, my God.
19:44Oh, my God.
20:14Oh, my God.
20:44Oh, my God.
21:14Oh, my God.
21:44Oh, my God.
22:14Oh, my God.
22:44Oh, my God.
23:14Oh, my God.
23:44Oh, my God.
24:13Oh, my God.
24:43Oh, my God.
25:13And after six years in bondage, Patrick returned to his homeland.
25:17I became a shepherd.
25:18I became a shepherd.
25:20I became a shepherd.
25:22I became a shepherd.
25:29I became a shepherd.
25:31I became a shepherd.
25:32I became a shepherd.
25:38I became a shepherd.
25:45I became a shepherd.
25:46I became a shepherd.
25:47I became a shepherd.
25:48I became a shepherd.
25:49No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
25:59My dear son, you have been through a terrible trial.
26:04But that was where my heart opened to God, Mother.
26:07The trial was the first step in the road.
26:09Now you're home.
26:11And you can return to yourself.
26:14Mother, there are souls to save everywhere.
26:17Your duty is to your mother's heart.
26:20My greatest duty is to God.
26:22So it is for all of us who have received his word.
26:29Please forgive me.
26:37Father, I will no longer look past any man or woman who crosses my path.
26:54I've come to serve God.
27:11I see that we have no choice other than to give all of ourselves to God.
27:25Which means to give all of ourselves to those most in need.
27:28I saw it every minute of the day during my years as a slave.
27:31I was in Hibernia.
27:33I was herding sheep for the pagans who took me away from my home.
27:37And the people came to me from out of the darkness.
27:40And they cried out for God's love.
27:42Even though they didn't know how to say it.
27:44And I gave them whatever I could.
27:47Of my food.
27:48Of my clothing.
27:49Of the animals I guarded.
27:50I gave them my love.
27:52God's love.
27:54There is nothing else.
28:02Will you admit me?
28:06Yes.
28:10And how will I begin?
28:12Will I bring food to the people?
28:14Or will I take care of the sick?
28:16You will begin serving God right now.
28:22By sweeping the floor.
28:23Up there!
28:24How can we walk?
28:47Beach people.
28:48They!
28:49Examine your heart.
28:59What is unspoken within you?
29:04I have no answer.
29:07But you do.
29:09You're the only one with the answer.
29:12Let it speak within you.
29:15How long will it take?
29:19I don't understand that we're going to be doing outside of this house.
29:25We need to be here.
29:27We need to be working out there with the people.
29:32You're a heartless, godless hypocrite.
29:34It's always the sin of pride with you.
29:37You speak of love, but never from love.
29:39We're a community of God.
29:41Of common faith.
29:42And you always complain about every task that's required of you for the community.
29:46My brothers, I am the worst sinner of all.
29:51Pride again.
29:53But I mean it.
29:54Because I am a prideful man.
29:58And I apologize to you, my brother, for my harsh words.
30:01But my pride comes from a swelling heart.
30:04And every moment that I'm not doing the work of God for others.
30:07The ones who always come knocking on our doors.
30:10I feel the time is wasted.
30:11Hey, Patrick, I count one sheep missing from our flock.
30:20You will pray in your dormitory throughout your waking hours for 28 days.
30:24And I am now telling you that I will be made bishop.
30:38I have decided to appoint our brother Patrick as abbot.
30:41Your grace, how can this be?
30:47After we've heard this man, for hours of argument, confessed before us to the sin of pride.
30:52And after you've just accused him of giving away one of our sheep.
30:55And now he's to become a new abbot.
30:57How can this be?
30:59That will be for one reason and one reason alone.
31:02Patrick is argumentative, stubborn, and overflowing with pride.
31:10But his faith is abiding.
31:13And it is endless.
31:18Dear Lord, we give you thanks.
31:20We will always offer up our hearts towards you and your glory.
31:24In your name we pray.
31:27Amen.
31:28Amen.
31:32We beg you to come back and walk among us again.
31:42The one who gave his life for you.
31:45He it is who speaks in you.
31:48Come back to us, holy boy.
31:51Find your way back to the land you love.
31:54Where you found your heart.
31:57Come back to us.
32:02Come back to us.
32:32My name is Patrick.
32:34I am a deacon of the Christian church.
32:36And I have returned to bring the faith to Hibernia.
32:40Returned?
32:41I was a Roman slave.
32:44Captured as a young man.
32:47And brought across the sea to this village to serve Milku.
32:53Six years later, after tending to his sheep in the far hills,
32:56I made my way home.
32:58I escaped.
33:02And you returned?
33:05Yes.
33:06To pay for my freedom.
33:12I have no memory of you.
33:15I am happy to oblige.
33:16You will pay me with your fine Christian head.
33:23Now, down on your knees.
33:35So eager to die.
33:37Ready to die.
33:41Always.
33:43Because I have my God and my Savior by my side.
33:47Within me and without me.
33:50Whatever punishment you lay upon me, whatever you do to me and to my flesh,
33:54you can't really kill me.
33:56God is with me.
34:00The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
34:04So, you came here to die?
34:07I returned here to Hibernia.
34:10To bring you the great gift of Jesus and his teachings.
34:14And the promise of eternal life.
34:17For all of us.
34:19That includes you.
34:21God has nothing but love for you.
34:26And so do I.
34:27Oh, that is so good to hear.
34:32Cronan.
34:35Over his head.
34:38Now.
34:39Now.
34:51Do it now.
34:59Now.
35:00Now.
35:00I will not harm a hair on that man's head.
35:25Nor will you.
35:26No.
35:30Who has the heart to kill this Christian?
35:37Who?
35:39Is there anyone?
35:41Do I have to kill him myself?
35:43Do I have to kill him myself?
36:00Why are you crying, brother?
36:13Why did you come back here?
36:17To bring you into the light of God.
36:19верo, can we turn this into the limel Judgan?
36:22I love you.
36:22She would use the pyru.
36:23How did you do that?
36:24I got one, I got two.
36:25I got two.
36:34Your mother taught me.
36:35I got two.
36:36I got one.
36:37Murder.
36:38We're swimming.
36:38I'll never be able to美味 her.
36:39Get get back.
36:40ticks on her.
36:41I won't do that.
36:42Do you want you?
36:47I have to leave.
37:18It was where the water suddenly started flowing so many years before.
37:49I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
37:59You're forgiven.
38:01All is forgiven in the light of God.
38:03Dear Lord, on this sacred site we will build our church, the first of many.
38:15And now, with this holy water, I will baptize anyone who will come forth and walk in the way of the Lord.
38:23Good woman.
38:30Bless you.
38:32I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
38:37I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
38:53You answered my call.
39:03Of course I did.
39:04God watches over us all.
39:09He sent a Son who lived among people many years ago.
39:15And his Son's name was Jesus.
39:18And he died.
39:19But then he returned from death.
39:24Just like you.
39:29This leaf is the Father.
39:31God.
39:33And this leaf next to it is the Son.
39:36Jesus Christ.
39:37And this third leaf is the Holy Ghost.
39:40There they are.
39:42All three of them.
39:44On separate leaves.
39:46But they are together.
39:48On the same stem.
39:50Because they are separate.
39:53But they are one.
39:54We found a wonderful place for the church.
40:11Didn't we?
40:13Yes.
40:14We did.
40:15We did.
40:24Patrick returned to Ireland in 433 A.D.
40:38It was said that in the decades that followed,
40:41he established 700 churches and ordained 5,000 priests.
40:46By the time of Patrick's death in 461,
40:49what had once been a pagan stronghold
40:52was transformed into a beacon of the Christian faith.
41:07We took the bare bones of the story of St. Patrick
41:11and we tried to make a tale of a spiritual awakening
41:15and a spiritual discipline
41:17which led to his power as a leader in the church.
41:22I just, I love that we see somebody
41:25coming to spiritual revelation really
41:30out of the hellscape of slavery.
41:33He kind of came to God
41:35through those two roads that so many of us do
41:39through nature.
41:40First being a shepherd of the animals
41:43and then through prayer.
41:46Prayer and the solitude.
41:47And the beauty of the solitude.
41:51And the only one he can share it with is God.
41:54And the care of the sheep
41:55is the metaphor for the whole thing.
41:57Yeah, and he goes back,
41:59which is incredible for me.
42:00Yeah, he goes back.
42:00He could have just stayed at home
42:02and said that was a terrible time.
42:03I was a slave, right?
42:04That's right.
42:05He didn't have to go back to Hibernia.
42:06Yeah, and so that to me is the part
42:08that's the most moving.
42:09You mentioned solitude.
42:10I love that this episode has so few words
42:13compared to some of the others.
42:14That's right.
42:14He's by himself.
42:16We think of a missionary as shouting
42:18from the housetops,
42:19urging people to come to the gospel.
42:21But he carries this faith from the continent
42:24onto this island inside,
42:26and he bears it within him in solitude.
42:29But it's still so powerful
42:30that it keeps him alive,
42:32the way it's kept so many imprisoned
42:33and enslaved people alive.
42:35Right.
42:35And he feels sent,
42:37which is what a missionary is.
42:38Missio means to be sent.
42:39He feels sent to go back to Ireland
42:42and preach by not only words,
42:44but by his example.
42:46He must have been incredibly charismatic, too.
42:48And, you know, like St. Peter before him,
42:50a tough guy as well.
42:51He apparently was a tough guy
42:52and was hard-headed
42:53and caused a lot of arguments.
42:55In religious communities,
42:56we say the saints and the martyrs.
42:58The martyrs are the ones
42:58that have to live with the saints.
43:01You know, saints are tough people.
43:02They're demanding, right?
43:03And they have to be.
43:05And they can be tough to live with
43:06and tough to work with and work for.
43:08After Patrick created
43:10or helped create the church in Ireland,
43:12Ireland was cut off from the rest of Europe.
43:14That period of becoming Christian
43:16and monasteries actually developing.
43:20In other words,
43:20there's two or three people first
43:22and it becomes bigger and 20
43:23and then they make a little monastery.
43:25And then that monastery took upon them
43:27all the literature and knowledge
43:30of what was left of the Western Roman Empire.
43:33One monk, one book transferring line by line,
43:37by hand.
43:37They're the ones who saved so much
43:40of Western civilization.
43:42And so they had that power too,
43:43the power of knowledge.
43:44St. Patrick is certainly instrumental.
43:46And as you were saying, Marty,
43:48the development of the monasteries
43:49is key to understand Irish Catholicism.
43:52I think what's so interesting
43:52is the influence that the Irish church,
43:55the Irish Catholic church,
43:56had on the rest of the world,
43:58particularly the United States, right?
44:00So not only Irish immigrants coming,
44:02but the clergy and the bishops
44:04being largely Irish.
44:06That small island, right,
44:07has this outsized influence
44:09on the rest of the church
44:10and I think still does today.
44:12We invented a kind of turning point,
44:14actually was inspired by a scene
44:15from Inmar Bergman's film,
44:17The Virgin Spring,
44:18where this act of brutality
44:19is followed by a signal from the divine,
44:24a sign of grace that kind of leads to redemption.
44:26And that is the water from the stone.
44:29You know, in making films and literature,
44:31there's a tradition
44:32of sudden spiritual enlightenment.
44:34Fiction and cinema,
44:36I think they could give us a model
44:37for considering spiritual possibilities
44:41in our lives.
44:42William James,
44:43you distinguished between
44:44once-born people and twice-born.
44:46And the twice-born is the strong convert
44:48of the kind that you're describing here.
44:50Yes.
44:51And then Flannery O'Connor said,
44:52well, if you're a dramatic artist,
44:54you're going to be drawn to the twice-born.
44:55Because that, um,
44:58the shortest line between two points
44:59is a sudden, violent episode.
45:01That's right.
45:01A dramatic change in a person's life
45:03that happens through these experiences
45:05is just much more dramatic
45:07when it happens to the man
45:08being knocked off his horse
45:09or what happens in this episode.
45:11Is it artistic license?
45:13No, I think there's something
45:14that gets to the heart
45:15of how religion operates.
45:16No, I think there's something
45:17that gets to the heart
45:18of how religion works.
45:19No, I think there's something
45:20that gets to the heart
45:21of how religion works.
45:22No, I think there's something
45:23that gets to the heart
45:24of how religion works.
45:25No, I think there's something
45:26that gets to the heart
45:27of how religion works.
45:28No, I think there's something
45:29that gets to the heart
45:30of how religion works.
45:31No, I think there's something
45:32that gets to the heart
45:33of how religion works.
45:34No, I think there's something
45:35that gets to the heart
45:36of how religion works.
45:37No, I think there's something
45:38that gets to the heart
45:39of how religion works.
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